"To be photographed just at the moment when the hairdresser puts down the hand mirror... is to be ensnared at a point when you're still not sure what your new self-initiated, even self-constructed, image is. ..."

- Matthew Poole

The project was conceived in response to the economic and social changes taking part in the area. The images suggest a moment in time for a particular community, the setting hinting at aspirations, whilst the poses of her subjects contain a sense of uncertainty.